linux-kernel - [PATCH] dm: give req_size precisely given by user

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Date:   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:25:37 -0800
From:   Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH] dm: give req_size precisely given by user

This patch makes dm be aware of io_pages to assign sane req_size for reads.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@...hat.com
Fixes: 9491ae4a ("mm: don't cap request size based on read-ahead setting")
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/md/dm-table.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 9038c302d5c2..886790428241 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1927,6 +1927,9 @@ void dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 	 */
 	if (blk_queue_is_zoned(q))
 		blk_revalidate_disk_zones(t->md->disk);
+
+	/* io_pages is used for readahead */
+	q->backing_dev_info->io_pages = limits->max_sectors >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
 }
 
 unsigned int dm_table_get_num_targets(struct dm_table *t)
-- 
2.19.0.605.g01d371f741-goog